Itinera Spiritualia

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    Symbolika małżeńska w mistyce św. Teresy z Ávila
    Chmielewski, Marek (Wydawnictwo Karmelitów Bosych, 2019)
    The Bible describing the story of salvation uses a lot of symbols. Many of them are taken from married life. The same symbolic language is used by mystics. St Teresa of Ávila stands out among all of them. She employs numerous images of marriage and comparisons to explain the sanctifying action of God in the human soul. They can especially be seen on the mystical level of spiritual life. The Carmelite Doctor of the Church compares the peak of spiritual development to engagement and marriage. In the sixth mansion of The Interior Castle by St Teresa, the human soul is the Bride of Christ, the Betrothed. It hopes to move quickly – in the seventh mansion – to get closer to Christ, which is compared to marriage. The biblical and mystical marriage symbolism shows the role of marriage in God’s salvation plan. The mystical experience based on God’s love is available not only to the religious and priests but also to every Christian who lives a married life. Each of them, thanks to the grace of Baptism and the Sacrament of Matrimony, obtains full access to the mystic life which is understood as a real inner experience of God’s presence. This life is also attainable for married couples.
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    „Wyobraźnia” i „balsam” miłosierdzia
    Chmielewski, Marek (Wydawnictwo Karmelitów Bosych, 2017)
    Two metaphors: “creativity of mercy” and “balm of mercy” represent two popes who are keenly interested in the Divine and human mercy – St John Paul II and Francis. John Paul II used his characteristic expression “creativity of mercy” for the fi rst time in his letter Novo millennio ineunte, where we read: “Now is the time for a new ‘creativity’ in charity, not only by ensuring that help is effective but also by getting close to those who suffer, so that the hand that helps is seen not as a humiliating handout but as a sharing between brothers and sisters” (n. 50). Every Christian is obliged by the “creativity of mercy”, especially bishops, priests and monks. Then, Pope Francis, proclaiming the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy as a special time for the Church, expressed his desire: “May the balm of mercy reach everyone, both believers and those far away, as a sign that the Kingdom of God is already present in our midst!” (Misericordiae vultus, n. 5). Like his predecessor, Pope Francis also wants for the whole Church to become more sensitive to the mystery of God’s Mercy and to the needs of our fellow human beings. The article presents the meaning of the two metaphors in the teaching of both St John Paul II and Pope Francis.